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Producer and right cast but itd be very risky and im not entirely sure. i think a show that wouldnt be able to be made today is that old disney show "even stevens" where they had the main character with probably some mental problems and they made fun of him a lot. >> im going to take you back always. "all in the family" and the jeffersons. theyd never have those shows because the humor back then was timely and relevant and sort of was a nice snapshot of where ameamerica was in the time. >> "leav...

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Else like kwanzaa. >> you brought us christmas presents. >> these are kwanzaa gifts. >> then you have "seinfeld" with a holiday that doesnt exist. >> festivus for the rest of us. george, festivus is your heritage. its part of who you are. >> its actually based on a real thing. one of the writers on "seinfeld," his father invented festivus and they put it in the show. >> the tradition of festivus begins with the airing of grievances. >> his festivus rant is everybodys rant. >> my son tells me you...

>> and then you have "seinfeld" with a holiday that doesnt even actually exist. >> a festivus for the rest of us. >> on "seinfeld," festivus is an invention of georges dad. >> george, festivus is your heritage. it is part of who you are. >> and its actually based on a real thing. one of the writers on "seinfeld," his father invented festivus, and they put it into the show. >> the tradition of festivus begins with the airing of grievances. ive got a lot of problems with you people. >> his festivu...

Work, but we felt they had to go through their process, and they would learn. and ultimately, they knew better than we did. >> my mother caught me. >> caught you? doing what? >> you know. i was alone. >> the turning point for "seinfeld" from like nice show that all of the cool people kind of know about but thats it, to massive hit, was an episode called "the contest" where they tried to abstain from self-pleasure for as long as possible. >> 6:30, time for your bath. >> george, im hungry. >> hang...

>> it was not sophisticated television. but these were shows that people adored. [ laughing and snorting ] >> cbs. >> cbs was in a really bad spot. they had just fallen apart over the early part of the 90s and had gone through a couple different network executives. >> but then suddenly they had this hit with an unknown comic. this was the year of seinfeld, no hugging, no learning, and this was a show being made as if it was produced in the era of "the dick van dyke show." >> i love you! >> there...

>> but are you still master of your domain? >> i am king of the county. >> the week after that aired, people were talking about that in the workplace the entire week. >> they still are talking about it. 52 seconds and two of the greatest words in sitcom history. >> im out. >> one of the shorthand descriptions of "seinfeld" is no hugs, no lessons. lets push it a little further than its ever been pushed before. >> i think the big breakthrough of "seinfeld" was that the characters were not nice peo...

Young adults 18 to 49. and we started reinventing nbc and trying to speak to that audience. >> where is someone? im starving. >> this is him right here. >> is there a table ready? >> the chinese restaurant was one of the very, very early episodes of "seinfeld." and truly nothing happened in the episode. they were waiting for a table. >> i feel like just walking over there and taking some food off of somebodys plate. >> we said to larry david, hey, like, nothing happens. and larry was offended. h...

Film my life." but he would only make it with the stipulation that if he didnt like it, he could buy it back. lucky for us, he liked it. >> are you trying to act like you aint with me? >> no, im not trying to act like youre not with me. >> im going to pull this out -- >> dont you dare do that. >> the actors wouldnt get an outline for the show. they wouldnt even read what the scene was about. >> judy! judy! oh, my god! >> by the way, that shelf coming down was not planned. that shelf really did c...

The show didn’t appeal to me when it first aired, mostly because I harbored a long-simmering antagonism toward mainstream America.